Movie Poster Monday: Fernando Meirelles’ BLINDNESS

The movie poster campaign for Blindness has really caught our eye, no joke intended. The stark whiteness that blankets all the artwork for this Cannes opener is both arresting and plot appropriate. (click the poster for the large version)

The plot is simple: An epidemic of white blindness has rendered the population visionless. Except for one woman…
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Spare Us the Heath Ledger Oscar Buzz

As The Dark Knight release approaches, facts and opinions to consider about the late Heath Ledger.
FACT :: Heath Ledger passed at an impossibly young age, 28, for a man of such promise and potential. This is obvious.
OPINION :: Heath Ledger was an exceedingly talented actor, especially deserving of the accolades he received for Brokeback Mountain, Candy, Monster’s Ball […]

More Details on LAND OF THE LOST

Here’s some additional Land of the Lost stuff that’s been hanging around since our February post on Will Ferrell’s latest movie. (We dig up details so you don’t have to.)
:: Universal released this bug-eyed photo of a whole bunch of evil Sleestaks.

Why such a (welcome) similarity to the 1970s television series? Director Brad Silberling told USA Today: “There is […]

What Happened to THE HAPPENING?

The Saturday morning after The Happening came out, I took advantage of AMC’s A.M. Cinema and paid only $5 to see it. I just couldn’t risk it after all the negative reviews. (see our review roundup of The Happening)

So was it terrible? Kind of. And kind of not. The biggest problem with The Happening? It […]

Review Roundup: WALL-E, WANTED

What’ll it be? A G-rated sci-fi family-pleaser from a remarkable studio with nothing but hits? Or a sexy, hyper, bullet-dodging actioner with a good cast? How about both?
:: WALL-E
Rotten Tomatoes: 98 / 100
Metacritic: 91 / 100
filmcritic.com: 5 / 5

Easily, the most impressive reviews of the year. As spectacular as the visual detail of a Pixar film. There’s […]

Filming This Week: Bruce Willis’ THE SURROGATES

Lobby reader Mike H. clued us in to new production on The Surrogates, the Bruce Willis-led adaptation of Robert Venditti’s sci-fi graphic novel (left).  
In the film, we humans have become homebodies for good, sending “surrogate” robot types out to do our damage on the world. Bruce Willis plays a cop (again) forced to leave his […]